CHAMPION: Jentsch Wins 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Thistle

SKIP
Daniela
Jentsch

Third
Emira
Abbes

Second
Klara
Fomm

Lead
Analena
Jentsch

Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) won 5-4 over Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) in the Final of the Alberta Curling Series: Thistle, held October 22 - 24, 2021 in Edmonton, Alberta. To advance to the championship game, Jentsch won 9-3 over Selena Sturmay (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2021 Alberta Curling Series: Thistle in Edmonton, Alberta;

Jentsch finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jentsch defeated Adele Kezama (St Albert, AB) 6-0, then won 6-3 against Kellie Stiksma (Edmoton, AB) and 6-3 against Jennifer Scott (Edmoton, AB). Jentsch went on to lose 5-3 against Sturmay in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Alberta Curling Series: Thistle Championship title, Jentsch earned 21.244 world rankings points along with the $2,093CDN first prize cheque. Jentsch move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.752 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with 116.685 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Jentsch ranks 18th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 48.846 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	44	35	0	0.557	11-8	11-12	7-6	0-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	617	473	409	7.67	6.63	1.04	4.73	4.18	1.62	1.59	1.09

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	304	311	90	39	4-1	16-3	69-12	1.02	0.30	0.34	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	313	162	319	28	7-4	13-24	17-69	0.52	1.02	0.49	0.31

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